 |  This week has brought with it many strange sights. We have seen a member of the Empire team voluntarily wear a snazzy suit, the better to interview a well-dressed star. We got a look at the new Batmobile in all its glory, from its spiffy indicators to its handy machine guns. We learned about a new greeting craze, the Dick Graze , courtesy of the endlessly amusing Channing Tatum. We saw Ali wearing a box (scroll down for that). And amid all the madness, vigilante vehicles and unexpectedly respectable clothing, we still managed to bring you more of our Future of Film series, examining the trends shaping modern cinema and how they'll change going forward. But now that it's Friday and things have gone back to normal, we're just going to have a nice sit-down and eat this cake shaped like a volcano. Helen O'Hara
Deputy Online Editor, Empire
 
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  New Fury Trailer Rolls In
For his return to the World War II arena after Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt is working with End Of Watch director David Ayer, who has another men-on-a-mission drama to deliver via Fury. Check out the latest trailer for the film. More: New Trailer For The Homesman Tommy Lee Jones gets more than he bargained for. Trailer For The Town That Dreaded Sundown Blumhouse reopens old case. Jennifer Lopez Has Trouble In The Boy Next Door Trailer It's an affair to regret.
  A volcano cake for the home entertainment release of Pompeii. It's lava-ly.
 It's like my anger, reimagined in cake.  Empire's designer, Chris Lupton, marvels at the Pompeii's volcano-shaped delights.
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|  | | The Empire Podcast #128: Sir Roger Moore, George MacKay
"Which shop from the whole history of cinema would you most like to visit in real life?" is just one of the questions the Empire Podcast team tackle, with guests Sir Roger Moore and George MacKay dealing with the likes of "When was the last time you wore knitwear?" and "How exactly is your name pronounced?" and handling both with aplomb. |
|  | | No One Stays Dead In Comics: 16 Superhero Deaths And How Long They Lasted
The saying used to go that, "Nobody stays dead in comics apart from Bucky Barnes, Uncle Ben and Jason Todd." But Bucky and Jason didn't stay dead at all, and even Uncle Ben wasn't exactly never seen again. The death of a major character makes for great "event" drama in the monthly pages of a comic book, but so rarely remains permanent that frequent resurrections have become a cliché. But did we ever expect, and do we really want, realism? "I want to take this opportunity to formally apologise to all the readers," said Fabian Nicieza, addressing upset over the apparent deaths of two Legion of Super Heroes members, "for having killed off a shapeshifter and a teleporter in a superhero comic book..." |
|  | | Becoming Frankenstein: Monsters In The Make-Up Chair
Even in an age of CG effects and ever-evolving performance capture, there's something special about great practical make-up effects. Just as they did 90 years ago at the dawn of cinema, a well-realised combination of make-up and actor can create an indelible movie monster that lingers in the mind long after the credits roll. Here, we have gathered backstage images of some of those monsters as they were created, showing the artists who made them at work... |
|  | | How Much Is A Pint Of Milk: Rutger Hauer
He watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate and knows all about white-topped black stuff when it comes in pints, but is the Hauster as familiar with the bovine breakfast beverage? |
|  | | The 15 Most Charming And Bonkers Channing Tatum Videos On The Internet
Channing Tatum: actor, body-popper, former (and future, in Magic Mike XXL) exotic dancer, rapper... internet hero. As 22 Jump Street hits home entertainment, Jonah Hill's better half has unveiled a new piece of excellent internet ephemera with 'Dick Graze' (see below), and after watching it for the fifth and not-final time the Empire Office realised that an official collection of Mr. Tatum's greatest YouTube hits was in order. Soon, he'll be up there with Bill Murray and Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart... |
|  | | Empire Classic Scene: Do The Right Thing
Pino (John Turturro) has just told his dad, Sal (Danny Aeillo), that he hates working in the family pizzeria in a black neighbourhood and that all his friends laugh at him. Sal tries to make him see sense... |
|  | | The Boxtrolls Interviews: The Cast And Crew On Laika's Latest
The Boxtrolls is the latest film from Laika, who previously brought us Coraline and ParaNorman. Recently in Los Angeles, we spoke to Game Of Thrones' Isaac Hempstead Wright, who voices the boy, Eggs, raised by the titular creatures; Elle Fanning, who's the moderately awful Winnie; and Sir Ben Kingsley, who voices the thoroughly awful Archibald Snatcher - as well as directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. |
|  | | Win A Film Download, Takeaway Every Sunday With Fox Searchlight!
Throughout 2014, Empire will be giving readers the chance to win a Digital HD copy of a Fox Searchlight film, plus a £25 hungryhouse.co.uk voucher to order their favourite takeaway online. Just head to Twitter each Sunday (make sure you're following @empiremagazine ) and answer the quiz question posed, tagging your tweet with #SearchlightSundays. In addition, there will be a chance to win flights to Utah and hotel accommodation during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival! Click here for full details |
|  | | How We Made The Boxtrolls
Laika, the animation studio behind Coraline and ParaNorman, is back with The Boxtrolls. Adapted from Alan Snow's book Here Be Monsters, it's a mad, funny, charming adventure about beasties who live beneath the streets of the strange town of Cheesebridge. Misunderstood and maligned, they eventually have the chance to prove they're more than just sewer-dwelling rubbish collectors. Here, directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable discuss their toughest scene, the quest to find the perfect voices and how to make puppets waltz in stop-motion... |
|  | | Guardians Of The Galaxy Movie Poster Mashups
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be appalled at the punning... |
|  | | Pride: Matthew Warchus & Stephen Beresford Interview
On paper, Pride sounds like it might be preachy, dull or fantastical: the story of a gay and lesbian group raising funds for miners during the 1984 strike seems far-fetched at best and artificial at worst. But for writer Stephen Beresford and director Matthew Warchus, the true story was one that deserved a wider audience, and the more political elements best disguised with healthy helpings of laughter. We spoke to the pair about how the film came to be... |
|  | | Empire Presents the New York Film Academy
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 As The Boxtrolls hits cinemas, Ali has joined the ranks of these strange but kindly subterranean creatures thanks to this rather fetching entry from Mugatu's Derelicte collection designed by Ed Hicks.
 
Ben Whishaw was a big fan of TV's Dungeons & Dragons as a kid. 
Someone wrote lyrics to Jurassic Park's theme and Jeff Goldblum can sing them. 
Holliday Grainger gives a really great high-ten. 
You need a new saying: someone succeeded in making a chocolate teapot that lasted long enough to produce (faintly chocolate-tasting) tea. 
Roger Moore wears a knitted jockstrap. This is in the podcast but it bears repeating.
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If you have any timewasters to share, then e-mail them in to us. |  After countless hours playing Destiny this week we're only just beginning to tell our Dregs from our Hive Knights while aiming down the sight of a pulse rifle. Hooray then for this strategy guide for Destiny from www.bradygames.com.
 
Pride 
A clear winner that makes you laugh, cry, and generally want to party and parade like it's 1984. Respect. Also Out
 
Blue Ruin
A lean, tough, thoughtful thriller with depth, Blue Ruin establishes Jeremy Saulnier as a promising indie auteur and Macon Blair as an unusual leading man. Also Out
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